Monday, December 17, 2012

One of the killed terrorists wearing a Tatto on his backsimilar to American Marines & Xe-Services mercenaries

PESHAWAR – Five Indo-Zionist mercenaries of TTP and a policeman were killed on Sunday as
police and troops battled TTP mercenaries armed with automatic weapons,
grenades and mortars in Peshawar, approximately 20 hours since the
deadly TTP raid on the city’s airport. Heavy gunbattle broke out
after police acting on an intelligence report stormed an
under-construction building near the airport, where five of the ten
TTP militants, who attacked the airport on Saturday, were holed
up.

The assault late Saturday had killed five civilians and five
attackers and wounded 50 other people. It had also sparked prolonged
gunfire and forced authorities to close the airport, a commercial hub
and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base, which were declared secure and
reopened on Sunday. The Sunday’s battle ended in the afternoon after
continuing for hours when all five of the terrorist mercenaries were finally killed
by the security forces. In the process, a police cop also embraced
martyrdom, provincial government and police officials said.

After a
TTP spokesman claimed they had sent 10 militants to attack the Bacha
Khan International Airport, the security agencies started a search for
the possible fleeing militants, who they later learnt had taken refuge
in an under-construction building in Pawoka village near the airport. On
Sunday dawn when the labourers reached for work at the under-construction
house, the militants demanded blankets and a vehicle to make their
escape, but by then the security forces had cordoned off the area and
fighting teams reached the spot. The militants hurled hand grenades at
police armoured vehicle, martyring policeman Sarir Khan and injuring two
others.

Police said that three TTP mercenaries were killed by the security
forces while two of them exploded their suicide vests. Talking to media,
SSP operations Imran Shahid said that police reached the site after
proper planning and delay in their operation was part of their battle
strategy. He said that three terrorists were killed in targeted action
while two of their colleagues blew themselves up. According to a
spokesman for the Inter Services Public Relations, all of the militants
were foreigners and after successful operation, the airport area had
been declared clear while scheduled flights had resumed at the Bacha
Khan International Airport.

Briefing media persons, Provincial
Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that they had prior
information about terror strike on Peshawar Airport and that is why
security forces were alert to stage a counter attack. He said that another suspected
militant had been apprehended by the security forces. Peshawar airport
is a joint military-civilian facility. Civil Aviation Authority
spokesman Pervez George said the passenger side had reopened after an
18-hour closure and there was no damage to the terminals. Pakistan Air
Force said Saturday’s attackers used two vehicles loaded with
explosives, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic
weapons. One vehicle was destroyed and the second badly
damaged.

Inspector General of Police Akbar Khan Hoti, while talking to
journalist, said that police are frontline fighters in the war on
terrorism and they appreciate the courage of valiant cops who rendered
numerous sacrifices for the cause of the nation. He said that earlier to
this, several important terror bids had been foiled and thousand of
kilograms of explosive material had been recovered from militant
hideouts. Meanwhile, funeral prayer for the martyred police personnel
Surer Khan was offered at Peshawar Police Lines, which was attended by
Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, IG police Akbat Khan Hoti, Chief
capital city police Imtiaz Iltaf and other high ranking police officers.

Two injured police personnel were shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital
Peshawar where they were being provided with emergency medical
treatment. The airport attack was the second internationally planned terrorist attack in four
months on a military air base in Pakistan, with United States, NATO, Israhell and India being named as the major players behind the attacker mercenaries. In August 2012, eleven
persons were killed when heavily-armed insurgents wearing suicide vests
stormed the PAF Kamra base.

Doctor Umar Ayub, chief of Khyber Teaching
Hospital near the airport, said five civilians had also been killed and
some 50 wounded. “The base is in total control and normal operations
have resumed. The security alert was also raised on other PAF air bases
as well”, the air force added. “Security forces consisting of Pakistan
Air Force and Army personnel who were on full alert, cordoned off the
base and effectively repulsed the attack,” the PAF said of the initial
strike. Television pictures showed a vehicle with a smashed windscreen,
another damaged car, bushes on fire and what appeared to be a large
breach in a wall.

Five nearby houses were destroyed after rockets landed
on them and several other houses developed cracks, while the bomb squad
detonated five out of eight bombs found near the base after the
attack. Indo-Zionist TTP spokesman Ehsanullah said the target was not the civilian
airport but the military facility. “Our target was jet fighter planes
and gunship helicopters and soon we will target them again”, he told AFP
by telephone from an undisclosed location. The armed forces have been
waging a campaign against the Taliban in the northwest in recent years
and militants frequently attack military targets.

In May 2011, it took
17 hours to quell an assault claimed by the Taliban on an air base in
Karachi. Pakistan says more than 35,000 people have been killed as a
result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United
States of Zionism. Its forces have for years been battling foreign backed militants in
the northwest. A report said that a case has been registered with the
University Town Police Station against unknown militants for the rocket
attack on the airport and nearby localities. However, it was not
immediately clear if a separate case has been or would be registered for
the suicide attack involving explosives-laden vehicle that damaged the
airport wall. The gritty streets of Peshawar, the gateway to the Khyber
Pass and Afghanistan beyond, have often been shaken by bomb attacks and
shootings, but residents said this was the first significant raid on the
heavily guarded airport.